Colors of the day in Thailand: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Colours determined by ruling planets}}

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According to ancient customs in [[Thailand]], there is an astrological rule (which has influence from [[Hindu mythology]]) that assigns a color to each [[day of the week]] based on the color of the [[Hindu god|God]] who protects the day or [[Navagraha]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lee|first=Tien-Rein|date=December 2013|title=The color we use in our daily life - communicating with color -|url=http://www.repository.rmutt.ac.th/bitstream/handle/123456789/1175/THE%20COLOR%20WE%20USE%20IN%20OUR%20DAILY%20LIFE.pdf?sequence=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212854/http://www.repository.rmutt.ac.th/bitstream/handle/123456789/1175/THE%20COLOR%20WE%20USE%20IN%20OUR%20DAILY%20LIFE.pdf?sequence=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2016|journal=ประชุมวิชาการ (Proceedings)|language=en}}</ref>{{RP|22}} For example, the God of Sunday is [[Surya]] who has the color red. These colors of the day are traditional Thai birthday colors. As King [[Bhumibol]] and his son were born on Mondays, Thailand is decorated with yellow on their birthdays. Thai people often wear clothes corresponding to the color of the day.

|วันอังคาร|| bgcolor="pink" |Pink || [[Mars]] || [[Mangala]]

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